“Before now, I’ve had to draw a weapon and blow people off my land to discontinue attacks. Look at that sentence again. It makes me sound like I’m living on frontier land, or, perhaps, like I’ve become a mad farmer with a shotgun.”

“Pithy, witty and provocative headlines–the pride of many an editor–are often useless and even counterproductive in getting the Web page ranked high in search engines. A low ranking means limited exposure and fewer readers.”

“It might be enlightening to think of the story as the raw material, the clay that we can shape or form into a specific form as a text.” Lois Tilton gets philosophical about the writing process; enlightening little essay.

“Neil deGrasse Tyson visits the Lift$Port Group in Bremerton, Washington. The entrepreneurs and engineers at LiftPort think space elevators aren’t just a wild idea; they’ve staked their corporation on the concept.” YouTube action.

“New Scientist has teamed up with Audi to offer one skilled winner an out-of-this-world experience: a flight that will take you 100 kilometres above the Earth’s surface.” ZOMFG! It’d be rude not to at least try.

“A prosthetic arm that moves and feels like the real thing is now a step closer thanks to a new surgical technique which allows the owner to intuitively control her limb and regain her sense of touch.” Awesome.

“Here on AbeBooks your science fiction interests are all covered – even if your tastes run a little out of this world.” UK domain has yet to gain this feature – no surprise, I guess, but it’d be nice to have a localised version. Via BDO.

“Escapist fiction gives us a vehicle for vicariously experiencing stuff that’s actually quite painful, unpleasant, and undesirable — and romance and adventure at the same time (which are also about as rare as the painful, unpleasant stuff).”